2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from 13 to 21 September 2019.[1] Top eight teams which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.

2019 Asian Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Tehran
Dates	13–21 September
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Thomas Edgar
Best Setter	Saeid Marouf
Best OH	Yūki Ishikawa Samuel Walker
Best MB	Shin Yung-suk Mohammad Mousavi
Best OPP	Amir Ghafour
Best Libero	Tomohiro Yamamoto
Official website

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by

• 1 team for the host country
• 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
• 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified teams

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	N/A	N/A	1	Iran^A
2017 Asian Championship	24 July–1 August 2017	Gresik	10	Japan  Kazakhstan  South Korea  Indonesia  China  Chinese Taipei  Australia  Qatar  Thailand^A  Pakistan^B
Eastern Asia representatives	2 February 2019	Bangkok	1	Hong Kong
Central Asia qualification	Cancel[2]		2	Sri Lanka^C  India^C
Western Asia qualification	17–21 July 2019	Muscat	2	Kuwait  Oman
Total			16

^A Iran qualified as hosts, is originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, Thailand.

^B Vietnam originally qualified, but declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, Pakistan.

^C Turkmenistan was to play India and Sri Lanka in the Central Asia qualification tournament. However, Turkmenistan was barred from playing due to violating competition regulations prior to tournament. India and Sri Lanka were awarded spots 1 and 2. Both teams are tied at 131st in the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018. However, Sri Lanka played in the 2017 tournament and will get Central Asia 1, while India did not.

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2017 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 19 February 2019.[3] Final standings of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 5th.

Seeded Teams
Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Hosts)  Australia (8)	Japan (1)  Chinese Taipei (7)	Kazakhstan (2)  China (6)	South Korea (3)  Indonesia (4)
Unseeded Teams
Qatar (9)  Thailand (11)  Pakistan (12)  Sri Lanka (14)  Hong Kong (16)  India  Kuwait  Oman

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran	Japan	Kazakhstan	South Korea
Australia	Chinese Taipei	China	Indonesia
Qatar	Thailand	Oman	Kuwait
Sri Lanka	Hong Kong	India	Pakistan

Classification round

Final eight				9th–16th places
Pool E		Pool F		Pool G		Pool H
1A	Australia	1B	Japan	3A	Qatar	3B	Thailand
1C	China	1D	South Korea	3C	Kazakhstan	3D	Indonesia
2A	Iran	2B	Chinese Taipei	4A	Sri Lanka	4B	Hong Kong
2C	India	2D	Pakistan	4C	Oman	4D	Kuwait

Squads

Venues

Preliminary, Classification round and Final eight	Preliminary, Classification round, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places
Tehran, Iran	Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000
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Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

	Qualified for the Final eight (Pools E and F)
	Qualified for the 9th–16th places (Pools G and H)

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	285	252	1.131
2	Iran	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	240	202	1.188
3	Qatar	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	229	231	0.991
4	Sri Lanka	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	163	232	0.703

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	13:30	AIS	Australia	3–2	Qatar	25–23	25–21	23–25	18–25	15–10	106–104	P2
13 Sep	18:30	AIS	Iran	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–15	25–17	25–23			75–55	P2
14 Sep	18:30	AIS	Qatar	0–3	Iran	18–25	15–25	17–25			50–75	P2
14 Sep	18:55	AVH	Sri Lanka	0–3	Australia	15–25	30–32	13–25			58–82	P2
15 Sep	13:30	AIS	Qatar	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–21	25–14	25–15			75–50	P2
15 Sep	18:30	AIS	Iran	1–3	Australia	25–22	23–25	21–25	21–25		90–97	P2

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	179	1.391
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	253	215	1.177
3	Thailand	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	227	252	0.901
4	Hong Kong	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	164	247	0.664

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	10:30	AIS	Hong Kong	0–3	Japan	21–25	15–25	11–25			47–75	P2
13 Sep	16:00	AIS	Thailand	1–3	Chinese Taipei	16–25	25–23	16–25	21–25		78–98	P2
14 Sep	10:30	AIS	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Hong Kong	25–11	25–10	25–17			75–38	P2
14 Sep	13:30	AIS	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–20	25–13			75–52	P2
15 Sep	16:00	AIS	Hong Kong	1–3	Thailand	25–22	13–25	20–25	21–25		79–97	P2
15 Sep	16:00	AVH	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan	15–25	18–25	26–24	21–25		80–99	P2

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	190	1.300
2	India	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	266	259	1.027
3	Kazakhstan	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	247	255	0.969
4	Oman	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	216	272	0.794

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	13:30	AVH	China	3–1	Oman	25–17	22–25	25–18	25–16		97–76	P2
13 Sep	16:00	AVH	Kazakhstan	2–3	India	29–31	14–25	30–28	25–18	9–15	107–117	P2
14 Sep	10:30	AVH	Oman	0–3	Kazakhstan	21–25	26–28	16–25			63–78	P2
14 Sep	13:30	AVH	India	0–3	China	16–25	15–25	21–25			52–75	P2
15 Sep	13:30	AVH	India	3–1	Oman	22–25	25–12	25–21	25–19		97–77	P2
15 Sep	18:40	AVH	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–23	25–19	25–20			75–62	P2

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	167	1.347
2	Pakistan	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	265	264	1.004
3	Indonesia	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	265	260	1.019
4	Kuwait	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	203	267	0.760

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	10:30	AVH	Indonesia	3–1	Kuwait	22–25	25–20	25–17	25–18		97–80	P2
13 Sep	18:30	AVH	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	25–23	25–23	25–19			75–65	P2
14 Sep	16:00	AIS	Kuwait	0–3	South Korea	14–25	16–25	11–25			41–75	P2
14 Sep	16:00	AVH	Pakistan	3–2	Indonesia	25–20	26–24	19–25	20–25	15–13	105–107	P2
15 Sep	10:30	AIS	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–22	25–19	25–20			75–61	P2
15 Sep	10:30	AVH	Kuwait	1–3	Pakistan	19–25	25–20	22–25	16–25		82–95	P2

Classification round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
	Qualified for the 13th–16th semifinals

Pool E

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	276	248	1.113
2	Iran	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	240	213	1.127
3	China	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	219	226	0.969
4	India	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	182	230	0.791

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	16:00	AVH	Australia	3–0	India	29–27	26–24	25–21			80–72	P2
17 Sep	18:30	AIS	China	0–3	Iran	18–25	23–25	17–25			58–75	P2
18 Sep	18:50	AIS	Iran	3–0	India	25–16	25–21	25–21			75–58	P2
18 Sep	19:05	AVH	Australia	3–1	China	24–26	25–19	25–19	25–22		99–86	P2

Pool F

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	255	239	1.067
2	Japan	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	284	248	1.145
3	Chinese Taipei	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	244	279	0.875
4	Pakistan	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	233	250	0.932

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	10:30	AIS	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–19	26–24			76–64	P2
17 Sep	18:30	AVH	Japan	3–0	Pakistan	25–23	25–20	25–21			75–64	P2
18 Sep	10:30	AIS	Japan	2–3	South Korea	25–20	23–25	25–18	23–25	14–16	110–104	P2
18 Sep	13:30	AVH	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Pakistan	25–23	17–25	25–20	18–25	15–11	100–104	P2

Pool G

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Qatar	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	241	192	1.255
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	266	261	1.019
3	Sri Lanka	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	263	273	0.963
4	Oman	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	215	259	0.830

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	10:30	AVH	Kazakhstan	1–3	Sri Lanka	33–35	25–22	20–25	22–25		100–107	P2
17 Sep	13:30	AIS	Qatar	3–0	Oman	25–18	25–20	25–16			75–54	P2
18 Sep	10:30	AVH	Sri Lanka	3–1	Oman	33–31	25–19	23–25	25–23		106–98	P2
18 Sep	13:30	AIS	Qatar	1–3	Kazakhstan	21–25	23–25	25–13	22–25		91–88	P2

Pool H

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	284	241	1.178
2	Indonesia	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	273	250	1.092
3	Hong Kong	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	241	265	0.909
4	Kuwait	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	234	276	0.848

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	13:30	AVH	Indonesia	3–0	Hong Kong	25–21	25–18	25–20			75–59	P2
17 Sep	16:00	AIS	Thailand	3–0	Kuwait	26–24	25–21	25–16			76–61	P2
18 Sep	16:05	AIS	Thailand	3–2	Indonesia	25–22	25–20	23–25	23–25	15–9	111–101	P2
18 Sep	16:20	AVH	Hong Kong	3–1	Kuwait	25–22	29–27	24–26	25–18		103–93	P2

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	19 September
	Sri Lanka	3
					20 September
	Kuwait	0
					Sri Lanka	2
	19 September
					Oman	3
	Hong Kong	0
	Oman	3
					15th place match
					20 September
					Kuwait	3
					Hong Kong	2

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	10:30	Sri Lanka	3–0	Kuwait	25–17	25–22	25–18			75–57	P2
19 Sep	13:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Oman	21–25	20–25	17–25			58–75	P2

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	10:30	Kuwait	3–2	Hong Kong	19–25	21–25	25–19	25–23	15–12	105–104	P2

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	13:30	Sri Lanka	2–3	Oman	26–24	16–25	25–17	18–25	12–15	97–106	P2

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	19 September
	Qatar	3
					20 September
	Indonesia	0
					Qatar	3
	19 September
					Kazakhstan	1
	Thailand	2
	Kazakhstan	3
					11th place match
					20 September
					Indonesia	2
					Thailand	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16:00	Qatar	3–0	Indonesia	26–24	25–17	25–17			76–58	P2
19 Sep	18:30	Thailand	2–3	Kazakhstan	25–23	20–25	20–25	26–24	12–15	103–112	P2

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	16:20	Indonesia	2–3	Thailand	25–16	28–30	25–21	17–25	10–15	105–107	P2

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	19:00	Qatar	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–12	25–18	29–31	25–19		104–80	P2

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	19 September
	South Korea	3
					20 September
	India	1
					South Korea	1
	19 September
					Iran	3
	Iran	3
									21 September
	Chinese Taipei	0
									Iran	3
	19 September
									Australia	0
	Australia	3
					20 September
	Pakistan	2
					Australia	3
	19 September
					Japan	2			3rd place match
	Japan	3
									21 September
	China	1
									South Korea	1
									Japan	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	20 September
	India	1
					21 September
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	3
	20 September
					China	1
	Pakistan	1
	China	3
					7th place match
					21 September
					India	2
					Pakistan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	10:30	Australia	3–2	Pakistan	21–25	21–25	25–18	25–14	15–13	107–95	P2
19 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–1	India	25–20	25–23	20–25	25–21		95–89	P2
19 Sep	16:05	Japan	3–1	China	25–23	25–17	18–25	25–22		93–87	P2
19 Sep	18:50	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	27–25	25–21			77–65	P2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	10:00	India	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–20	22–25	11–25	16–25		74–95	P2
20 Sep	13:30	Pakistan	1–3	China	17–25	19–25	25–15	24–26		85–91	P2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	16:00	South Korea	1–3	Iran	25–22	23–25	22–25	22–25		92–97	P2
20 Sep	18:50	Australia	3–2	Japan	20–25	25–18	16–25	25–22	15–12	101–102	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	10:00	India	2–3	Pakistan	23–25	21–25	25–20	25–19	6–15	100–104	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	12:55	Chinese Taipei	3–1	China	25–16	23–25	25–20	25–16		98–77	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	15:15	South Korea	1–3	Japan	23–25	17–25	25–23	22–25		87–98	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	17:50	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–17	25–21			75–52	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  Iran  Australia  Japan 4  South Korea 5  Chinese Taipei 6  China 7  Pakistan 8  India 9  Qatar 10  Kazakhstan 11  Thailand 12  Indonesia 13  Oman 14  Sri Lanka 15  Kuwait 16  Hong Kong Qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifier Already qualified as hosts for the 2020 Summer Olympics

2019 Asian Men's Champions  Iran 3rd title 14–man Roster Ebadipour, Marouf (c), Ghaemi, Mousavi, Fayazi, Hazratpour, Gholami, Ghafour, Mojarrad, Shafiei, Moazzen, Yali, Esfandiar, Karimi Head Coach Kolaković

Awards

Most Valuable Player Thomas Edgar Best Setter Saeid Marouf Best Outside Spikers Yūki Ishikawa Samuel Walker

Best Middle Blockers Shin Yung-suk Mohammad Mousavi Best Opposite Spiker Amir Ghafour Best Libero Tomohiro Yamamoto

References

1. "AVC President conveys Christmas and New Year wishes to Technical Committee Chairmen". AVC. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. "Top-eight finish the aim for Indian volleyball team, says Dragan Mihailovic". sportstar.thehindu.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
3. "2019 Asian Championships draws confirmed". AVC. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Regulations
• Squads